impact of supportive taping on performance in fatigue conditions: a study on professional basketball players with flat feet

Purpose: this study examined how low-dye tape and navicular sling kinesiotape impacts athletic performance in fatigue conditions in basketball athletes with flat feet.methods: the current research was conducted on 12 professional basketball players aged 18 to 25 years with flat feet. the staheli index, y balance test, 20-meter speed test, modified t-test, and sargent test were employed to assess flat feet, dynamic balance, speed, agility, and power. a basketball-specific performance fatigue protocol was used to induce performance fatigue, and treatments included low-dye taping and navicular sling kinesiotape.results: statistical analysis indicated that low-dye taping significantly improved dynamic balance in both fatigued (p=0.01) and non-fatigued (p=0.01) conditions (f=18.33). additionally, performance fatigue negatively affected dynamic balance in both low-dye taping and non-taping conditions (p=0.01). it also led to impaired performance in the 20-meter speed test in the low-dye and kinesiotape conditions (0.49 and 0.60), as well as a 3.75 cm reduction in the sargent test in the non-taping condition. additionally, the low-dye taping condition led to a 0.68-second decrease in agility performance.conclusion: while fatigue did have an impact on performance, low-dye taping, and navicular sling kinesiotape resulted in a smaller performance decline compared to non-taping conditions. in addition, low-dye taping had a greater effect on performance and flat foot than navicular sling kinesiotape. it is recommended that basketball players with flat feet use low-dye taping and navicular sling kinesiotape.